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Smith and Jones
After being part of the Not The Nine O’Clock News comedy team, Mel Smith (chubby)and Griff Rhys Jones (Welsh) got the opportunity to have their own show. The other members of the troupe, Rowan Atkinson and Pamela Stephenson became Blackadder and married Billy Connolly while becoming a psychiatrist respectively. Produced by Smith and Jones' own Talkback Productions, Alas Smith And Jones or later just Smith and Jones, aired on the BBC from 1984- 1998 in a post-watershed (9pm) slot. Continuing the trend of modern comedy like Not The Nine O’Clock News, the show wasn’t afraid to tackle adult themes while providing social commentary on the state of 'Thatcher's Britain'. In a regular. hugely popular skit, Mel and Griff had a conversation facing each other in front of a black background. These sketches normally had the pair play dumber versions of themselves-

Each show opened with a sketch, usually parodying a show/film/ad then the pair address the studio audience to introduce the show. This intro would normally be hindered in some way, one had Griff dressed in a leather bondage outfit because he couldn’t get out of it before the show. As with all of the ‘young’ comedians of the 80s, Smith and Jones took pot shots at authority including scathing sketches against the police.....

During the time of their show, Mel and Griff made two motion pictures together- Morons From Outer Space in 1985 and Wilt in 1989 but both were box office flops. Smith also appeared as the Albino in The Princess Bride and directed a few films including Radioland Murders and the first Mr. Bean movie (called ‘Bean’, funnily enough).  Also outside of their sketch show, they worked together on other shows including a series of one off comedy dramas for the BBC. Unrelated sketch time-

Smith and Jones still work but separately. Griff has done a lot of presenting over the years as well as acting on tv and in the theatre. Mel didn't work as much, making guest appearances on shows and directing the odd film. In  2008, Mel caused concern when he appeared to be ill while being a contestant on Celebrity Mastermind. Viewers took to the internet to speculate what was wrong and some even contacted the BBC. It transpired that he was suffering from Pharyngitis an inflammation of the throat. He has since made a full recovery. The last time the duo worked together was in a brief head to head sketch in a BBC special that had Griff appear in various specially written sketches called The One Griff Rhys Jones.
I have always liked Smith and Jones, they were crude but very likeable and proof that tv double acts were moving on from the days of soft double entendres and gentle ribbing. Here, there is outright crudeness and a mean streak that reflected the mindset of the country at the time. A trend that would carry on during the 80s.

Next up, it's time for some ladies. Well, two.......

We (obviously) don't celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK but every year around this time I watch Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Which I am doing now and it's still great. I miss John Candy.

I dunno but I want some

Some episodes of He-Man still hold up. Not as much as Dungeons and Dragons (damn that show was great) but there is still some good stuff in there.

And The Real Ghostbusters had some scary moments and I still love it

JMS also wrote episodes of He-Man and The Real Ghostbusters

I was thinking that too, it looks more realistic (as much as it can) when the creature falls on its ass. And that is a great performance from that little girl, she looks petrified considering there is nothing following her. Not even a dude in a scary costume or one holding a monster face on a stick.

I didn't think the first film was great, it sort of ran out of steam about halfway through but the initial attack scene is awesome. You don't expect to see all of it so soon and that was refreshing in a creature feature.

I don't think I have even watched a complete Woody Allen film.

Yay!

Well said, Dorkman

Heh. I also note when the distributors are different outside of the US for international listeners

I have spent most of the day typing out all the pause/unpause points for every commentary. It is 3 and a half pages long on Word therefore it is too big to post on here. I don't know why I did it, but it is done.